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#@&=~~.¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨.~~=&@#
#£&;;~.¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨.~;;&£#
@&&&&=;~.¨ ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ¨.~;=&&&&@
##@£&=;~.¨ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ ¨.~;=&£@##
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£=~..¨¨¨¨¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨..~=£
##@£&=;~.¨ ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ¨.~;=&£@##
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##@£&=;~.¨ FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ¨.~;=&£@##
#@@£&=;~.¨ WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ¨.~;=&£@@#
£=;~.¨¨¨¨¨ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨.~;=£
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#@@£&=;~.¨ WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ¨.~;=&£@@#
###@£&;~.¨ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨.~;&£@###
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